After years of debate, Charlottesville chooses a new sign to commemorate Court Square slave trade

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After years of debate, Charlottesville chooses a new sign to commemorate Court Square slave trade

Last month, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved a plaque to acknowledge the more than 100-year period during which enslaved people were bought and sold in Charlottesville’s Court Square. The marker will read: Sales of Enslaved People in Court Square Between 1762 and 1865, auctioneers sold enslaved men, women, and children at various locations in Court Square: outside taverns, at the Jefferson Hotel, at the “Number Nothing” bui…